Assistance Listing 84.341

The Department of Education administered CFDA 84.341 to fund community technology centers, with the most recent grant award issued on August 15, 2005. This program is inactive; no grant awards have been disbursed in over two decades. The program ran from 2001 through 2005, with funding concentrated heavily in the early years—241 awards in 2001 declined sharply to 14 awards by 2005. Across its five-year lifecycle, the program issued 453 Project Grants totaling $112.9 million in federal obligations, with an additional $137.8 million in non-federal matching funds for a combined obligation of $250.7 million.

The program funded community technology centers—public or nonprofit facilities providing access to computing technology, digital literacy training, and related services to underserved populations. Representative awards included Project Grant V341A050393 for $1.9 million, Project Grant V341A050202 for $1.1 million, and Project Grant V341A050026 for $1.1 million, all issued in August 2005 with one-year completion periods. A notable outlier was Project Grant V341A040185, issued July 1, 2004, for $11.4 million. Typical award magnitudes ranged from approximately $500 thousand to just over $1 million, with the portfolio showing considerable variation.

The Department of Education was the sole funding agency across all 453 awards. All 100 percent of assistance was structured as Project Grants with no other assistance types. The program exhibited declining award volume in its later years, moving from an average of 168 awards annually in 2001–2002 to fewer than 20 per year by 2004–2005.

No grant opportunities are currently open under this program. The program has been inactive for over 20 years and should not be considered a current pursuit vehicle.